LH's comments on
songs

2.2g. - "You're the
One"

I went to the record store with a friend whose wife left him recently. I
picked up "The Red Shoes", since that was the main goal of the trip. He said
"Ah - the new Kate Bush, grab me one too." I told him maybe we'd better take
mine home and play it first.

He was in tears by the end of this song, and he decided he'd buy it
later.

"I wondered if you could solve a long-standing mystery. At the end of
"You're the One" when Kate sings "Sugar?...Honey?...Sugar?" after this does she
also sing "treacle"? I reckon she does but so far only one other person has
agreed with me. I don't think it'll bring out a new dimension to the song or
change any views on Kate, but it's just something that needs verifying, that's
all."

Listen again. Any idea? Or solved long ago?

To me Robert Mills contribution on "You're the One" (page 25/26) is
outstanding:

< "I wondered if you could solve a long-standing mystery. At the end
of "You're the One" when Kate sings "Sugar?...Honey?...Sugar?" after this does
she also sing "treacle"? I reckon she does but so far only one other person has
agreed with me. I don't think it'll bring out a new dimension to the song or
change any views on Kate, but it's just something that needs verifying, that's
all."

Listen again. Any idea? Or solved long ago?

Oh hello, Heidi here.

I'm not actually able to e-mail anyone coz I don't have access to an
account and I'm not keen with a computer really. A friend of mine who does have
access, told me about my letter being mailed to the group, and seeing as though
I'm staying at his house at the moment I thought I'd take advantage of this
privelage(?). I thought I'd better add, that this letter was written a long
time ago and it was just a little thing I noticed one day. I didn't expect it
to get printed, I suppose I was trying to be a bit of a clever cloggs. Do
things like this have to be taken so seriously? Okay, it's a saaad song, I
thought that little cheeky twist at the end lifted it a bit, made it a bit more
fly-away, y'know (sorry, just stirring!!). I'll tell you where I think it is.
It's after the last, "sugar?" but quite a way after it, nearer the end. It's
sung a lot lower than the "sugar?...honey?...sugar?" bit...get those headphones
on and listen a little harder. I'm really sorry for wasting the time of all
those millions who aren't really interested (I thought I'd better say that coz
Garrick said I'll get flamed), it's Oh so trivial and so much so that I'm
saying nothing more about it. ( by the way, I'm only 17 and so can get away
with being so blummin' daft, that's my excuse). TA.

In response to Heidi (?) who wondered wheather or not Kate sang
'treacle' at the end of 'YTO', after 'honey, sugar, honey'...the answer is yes.
I played the song a few times to verify it, and IMHO, yes Kate does sing
'treacle'.

Because there isn't much news around, please listen again to "You're the
One". Thank you Heidi for bring this up. I love those little mysteries and I
think it's much nearer to Kate than most of last weeks mails. So, no one will
flame you, Heidi!

'TREACLE' is located as follows: (in sec.)

4'49 first "Sugar" 4'57 "Honey" 5'04 second "Sugar" 5'13
cry "Whayee-ee-eeahagh" or something like that 5'23 "Treacle" , in a much
lower voice.

There IS a word that sounds very much like "treacle", but I think, it
can be assigned unequivocally only by someone with sound/computer-equipment.

It seems everyone else is having a go at this one so I may as well give
it a try. After listening closely to YTO, I tend to agree with Wieland Willker.

The clue here is to realise that the preceeding "Sugar, Honey, Sugar"
bits are actually made up of two voices, one high and one lower, presumably
both of them Kate. Then there is the WHAAAAGA bit, which IMHO may be made out
to be "WHaaaat are you doing???" (perhaps this just reflects my particular
neuroses), and a little later, if you keep in mind the lower voice in the S, H,
S part earlier, there is a word which sounds like Treacle in just the lower
voice.

But what the hell, anything which gets you to listen to YTO over and
over again can't be bad.